article on difficult future for Caribbean med schools/IMG

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/nyregion/23caribbean.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...al-school-rejects-as-taxpayers-fund-debt.html

https://www.rimed.org/rimn/2012-07/01-risom.pdf

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[Medstart108]

Just wondering, why do you care as a Pharmacy Student?

 

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Just wondering, why do you care as a Pharmacy Student?

I do have my reasons, but would the fact that I am a pharmacy student be relevant or the articles ??

(FYI: anyway, I was an old pre-med. I got friends that went to the Caribbean as well as US med schools. I even thought of going to the Caribbean myself. Are we good bro ?? )

 

[Medstart108]

I do have my reasons, but would the fact that I am a pharmacy student be relevant or the articles ??

(FYI: anyway, I was an old pre-med. I got friends that went to the Caribbean as well as US med schools. I even thought of going to the Caribbean myself. Are we good bro ?? )

Yeah we are good, honestly I was just wondering why someone who was interested in pharmacy would even care enough about Caribbean schools to post on this thread, but i get your explanation.

 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/nyregion/23caribbean.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/nyregion/23caribbean.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

There's too much money involved. Students rotate at affiliated programs that don't typically attract and/or compete for U.S. student clerkships.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-10/devry-lures-medical-school-rejects-as-taxpayers-fund-debt.html

This is an argument that has, literally, been going on for the past two decades. Nothing will come of this.

https://www.rimed.org/rimn/2012-07/01-risom.pdf

There are also 7 new medical schools slated and already on the LCME "pre-accredited" list. How this is bad for U.S. students who were "near misses" in getting an admission to a U.S. school is beyond me. Is it bad for the Caribbean schools? Maybe. Probably. But, this will open many doors for students who barely didn't get in the first time. I've got no problem with that.

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